Today I tried using ffmpeg to convert a '.wmv' file (a slideshow video) to FLV. The wmv was created using Windows photo story 3. The result was a video that seemed to be missing all of the image transitions (fading and zooming). My existing ffmpeg conversion process has worked fine for me for years for other video filetypes. I am wondering if this could be caused by ffmpeg being out of date (running 0.7, also wondering whether a newer version is installed on other servers where I could potentially request a move - I'm avoiding a manual install as I've seen that others have had install issues and my capabilities at the command line are not that advanced), or if I could improve the result by changing the command arguments.

0.7 is a reasonably recent version of ffmpeg — it's more likely that there's something odd about the slideshow video that's making it convert incorrectly. Is there any chance you can post a link to the original for us to have a look at?

(09-13-2011 12:50 PM)andrewf Wrote: 0.7 is a reasonably recent version of ffmpeg — it's more likely that there's something odd about the slideshow video that's making it convert incorrectly. Is there any chance you can post a link to the original for us to have a look at?

The slideshow video is an an unusual format (WVP2, a format used primarily by Photo Story) which ffmpeg doesn't fully support. You will need to convert it to another format before ffmpeg can process it properly.